Martial, D'Auvergne

, a French poet of the fifteenth century, was procurator in parliament, and notary
of the chatelet at Paris, where also he was born; and died
in 1508, regarded as one of the most pleasing men and
easy writers of his age. He wrote, 1. “Arrets l’Amour,”
Love- causes, the thought of which was taken from the
Troubadours of Provence, but handled with great skill
and eloquence. The introduction and the close are in
verse the rest in prose. 2. “Vigiles de larnort du Roi,”
an historical poem on tKe death of CharlesVII.; in which,
in the form of the Romish office, entitled Vigils, he recites
the misfortunes and the glorious acts of his hero; and
displays his honest love of virtue and hatred of vice. 3.
“L‘Amant rendu Cordelier de l’observance d' Amour;” a
poem of 234 stanzas, reviling the extravagances produced
by the passion of love. 4. “Devotes louanges a laVierge
Marie,” in 8vo, an historical poem on the life of the virgin Mary a legend in bad verse, filled with the fables
which were at that time believed. 1

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